Thriller Paradise

386. Chapter 386 on the speculation of the key

    It is a pity that there is no obvious clue on the lawn outside the villa, because the lawn here is fake sedge. This plant grows most prosperous in summer and autumn, with developed stolons and strong regenerative power. On such a lawn, the footprint will not remain too long unless it can be smashed.

    Unexpectedly looked up and looked at the window and the villa's outer wall, there was no trace left. But he was not disappointed, because he was not in a hurry to find out the truth…

    "It’s not black, I want to look around the villa, do you want to come together?"I don’t know the Scofield Road inside the window.

    "Oh ?" Ok.Scofield naturally will not give up the opportunity to ask the detective, he replied, "You wait a moment."When the voice did not fall, he turned and left the window, ran to the door of the room, and confessed to the police officer who stood guard. Then I turned back to the window and learned how to seal it, and turned it out of the window. The detective was also careful, and he was very careful when he was doing the action, for fear of hitting the blood on the edge of the window and destroying the evidence.

    After coming out of the house, Scofield was patrolling around the villa under the leadership of the seal.

    "Mr. Feng, you just said…Secret room? Mean?Asked Scofield.

    "You have seen Ellen.Is the slope of Mog Street Homicide? ”I didn’t know what to ask.

    UhNoneScofield said, "I rarely read novels."

    “Fine.The secret room killing is one of the so-called 'impossible crimes'. ”I didn’t know how to literate and the other side’s problems. I said directly, “When you enter the house, do you notice the key inserted in the door?”

    Hmm, yeah right.Scofield replied.

    "There are two kinds of locks in this kind of door. The first one is…The person inside the door turns the copper hat-shaped latch on the back of the lock counterclockwise when the door is closed; the second is…The person outside the door, with the door closed, reversed two turns with the key. ”Feng did not explain, "Mr. Carol found the body, because the door is locked, no one should call the door, will use the key to open the door."

    Scofield thought about it and answered. "That is…When the body was discovered, the doors and windows of that room were bolted from the inside. ”

    "In the closed space, there is only one person who is dead and no second person, but the death of the deceased shows that it is not caused by suicide."Feng did not know, "in this case, the means used by the murderer constitutes a secret room murder."

    Scofield answered, "Oh…"He paused and wondered, "Wait, in the case of this case…If the murderer also has a key? ”

    "Before you came, I had already asked a few questions in the hallway. Of course, I also asked about this."Feng did not feel the way back. "In this house, each room has two keys, one for common use and one for spare.

    The spare keys are all stringed together and kept by the butler Henderson. I have seen the string of things, the hoop is dead, the keys above can not be removed separately, it is like a medieval dungeon key…

    As Henderson suddenly fainted, the spare key is currently held by Lord Corston. ”

    "And the common keys are a separate one."He said, he took out a key from his pocket. "This is the common key to the room I live in. I found it in a drawer in a table in the room."He paused and answered. "Those who are vacant in the weekdays, the maids will be cleaned regularly, so they are usually not locked and the keys are placed directly in the house."

    After I stopped talking, I came to the back of the villa. After turning a corner, he continued: "Since the key to the room was in the hands of Ms. Carol, there are three kinds of cases where the murderer has the key… …First, the murderer is the butler Henderson; Second, the murderer stole the spare key from the housekeeper, and after the killer locked the door, he returned to the original owner; Third, the murderer managed to copy a common key. ”

    Scofield said: "Well…You judge that this room is a secret room. In other words, do you think that these three situations are unlikely? ”

    ‘Yes!Feng Shuhui replied, "First, in the first case, Henderson Housekeeper is the murderer."He began to explain one by one, "This possibility is almost zero…Because the old man was scared of heart disease and almost finished after seeing the body. At that time, I was close to him, and there were doctors next to him. If that was put out, Mr. Henderson would be awarded an Oscar, and Dr. Powell became his accomplice.

    Of course, there is a more extreme hypothesis – schizophrenia. Such asThe murder is another personality of the Henderson Steward, and the owner knows nothing about it. ”

    “hmm…So it isScofield nodded.

    "In the second case, the possibilities are equally small."Suddenly, he said, "Because the risk and difficulty of this approach are extremely high, it is discovered when the key is stolen. If it is found when the key is returned, the murder is equal to the same. And from the time the murderer stole the key until the secret return, Henderson Housekeeper may find the spare key lost at any time. This time happened to be the time of the murderer's murder. If Henderson told the police about the situation after the incident, it would be meaningless to arrange a secret room. ”

    Without waiting for Scofield to respond, I felt that the next one would start to say the next one. "The possibility of the third situation is bigger, but…"He suddenly stopped in front of a tree and looked up for a while before he answered: "…But the Dennis couple have a limited number of visits to the villa each year, and the room they live in is not fixed every time they come. Because Mrs. Carol is more picky, she will choose a different room orientation in different seasons.

    The murderer cannot predict which room they will be in this time, so…If it is the third case, it means…In addition to those rooms that were occupied by people all the year round, the murderer stole the common keys of all the rest of the rooms and backed them up.

    And his or her purpose is to disguise the room as a secret room after killing Dennis one day. ”

    "This is indeed a bit ridiculous."Schofield took over.

    “Technically, it’s feasible, and the risks are not too big.”Feng does not know, "only the possibility of actual occurrence is very low, and …Its purpose is temporarily a mystery. ”He turned around the big tree in front of him and looked at the second floor window of the villa, then he continued to move forward. "In summary…Let us take the circumstances of the murderer's possession of the key and then consider it. Is there any way to complete this secret room? ”

    Jue Ge’s tone is like a teacher asking a student, but the 50-year-old police detective in front of him is indifferent. He asks with a look of respect: "Is it necessary to be related to the blood on the window?"

    "In fact, the method is very simple, and it can be done with a tougher line. As long as the experiment is done once or twice, all the rooms with windows in this house can be played like this. ”I couldn’t help but raise my hand to indicate the direction of the villa. “I’ve finished reading it outside, let’s go into the house, let me show you.”